Here’s how to avoid cake flops in the kitchen! Help! My cake didn’t rise evenly! If your cake has risen unevenly, it could be due to the oven temperature being too high or because the flour wasn’t sufficiently blended into the mixture. Help! My cakes sink in the middle! For cakes that sink in the centre, the oven temperature might be too low, the tin might be too small, you might have added too much sugar or the batter could be too dry. Help! My cakes sink! Cakes that rise and sink in the oven might have too much liquid…
The sweet, intensely grapey flavours of muscadel are a natural partner for the sweet perfume of peaches and nectarines. Quite rich and heavily sweet, lightened by its floral perfume but with a reasonable acidic backbone to give it sprightliness, muscadel is still fairly subtle as far as dessert wines go. Classed as a fortified wine, it’s made by adding a spirit, generally brandy, to concentrated grape juice that hasn’t had the benefit of much fermentation, and keeps its flavours fresh and close to the taste of the grapes of origin. In South Africa we excel at its manufacture. Estates in…
It’s time to get the soup pot out and opt for easy comfort food. Our vegetable soup recipe is one you’ll go back to regularly during the colder…
A leg of lamb is one of my favourite meat cuts. It reminds me of Sunday outings we enjoyed as kids when we’d have tenderly sliced roast leg of lamb in a crusted roll with lots of mustard and gherkins or pickles. Chicken stock and mustard seeds add new flavour. Recipe and styling by Anna Montali Photograph by Mark Green
When is Mandela Day? Mandela Day takes place, every year, on Nelson Mandela’s birthday, 18 July. This year, Mandela Day is taking place on Wednesday, 18 July 2018.…
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Based on the internationally bestselling novel of the same name, The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society tells the story of Juliet Ashton (Lily James), a free-spirited,…
Who doesn’t love mussels with creamy white wine sauce? It’s the ultimate indulgence.
These tasty brunch or teatime delights are made with a rainbow Swiss chard, berry and chocolate smoothie – the perfect way to get in some greens! Makes 16 (Serves…